Just a little somethin' I whipped up

I haven't done ANY scrapbooking or card making lately. But I HAVE gotten some new scrappy supplies from Scrappin' Time so hopefully I will get to spend tomorrow (Saturday) morning at my desk and finally get to CREATE something!

I have, however, been trying to re-do some of our house decor. We live in a rented space and sometimes it can feel a bit "lifeless", if you know what I mean. I have been scouring Target and Kohls for deals and have been hitting the jackpot lately!! Target is clearing out everything at 75% off - or more!! I am mid-process on many of these projects so I'll take pics when things get completed.

I also bought some super cheap ($1.50 each!) t-shirts from my girls. I have added ribbon and fabric to "spruce them up". When my models aren't sleeping (seeing as it's past midnight and I'm up and blogging away) I will take some pics of those for you, too. Promises, promises, right?

But here are some pics that I have NOW! While cleaning their bathroom I ended up with a pile of headbands. And I know that more are lurking (along with clippies) in every room of this house! So I set my brain to thinkin' and here is what I came up with:

I had a larger and smaller canvas on hand (from a "someday project" years ago). I covered each with tulle and hot glued it to the back. Then I wrapped ribbon/twine around them and added buttons!! My glue gun got a work out with this project!

Here is the pink (headband) one up close: At the bottom of both of them I nailed in "picture hanging" nails then bent them with my pliers to make a hook. This will let them hang larger (wider, etc) headbands. The top part is designed to let them slip their headbands over the top and they are stored away! The "blue" canvas will hold hair clips. I could only round up one cute one (not that I really looked all that hard, lol) and some "naked" ones I bought in order to decorate (I have 24 so maybe ya'll will get some pics of those sometime, too!). I bought this twine for $.05 at a thrift store! So I wasn't stingy with it... I wrapped it around over and over and over again. This leaves space for about a bazillion hair pretties to be displayed.

I know the close up doesn't show the bottom of the blue one but in the first pic you might notice that there are lots of the nail/hooks. They have several "pretty" rubber bands and that will be their new home. Now... to get on all fours and scour the house for the baubles and bows....

Felt hair clips

I have been seeing tons of little do-dads made from hand sewn felt. This week I got inspired and decided to try a few of my own to use as gifts for Valentine's Day. I made a few for my kids (ok... more than a few... lol...) that I'll show you sometime soon. But I also made these two to send to our cousins in Washington. The one on the left has a rubber band sewn to the back and the one on the right has a safety pin so she can put it on her back pack (she's a little old for "cutesy" hair clips). I cut everything out free form and used embroidery floss to embelish them. Here they are, inside the Valentines card (yes, I bought one... bleh... sorry to disappoint!):

I think that they turned out super cute. I mailed them out yesterday so I'm excited to hear how they like 'em. They are SO easy to make and use just scraps of felt so they are inexpensive. I also made a watermelon, ice cream cone, star and tons of hearts that I promise (cross my heart) to take pics of soon... be on the look out!!

Dotty Divas advert challenge #7

Dotty Divas has a new challenge up! Between now and February 14th submit a project using this ad as inspiration:

There's a great prize up for grabs and tons of room for inspiration. A layout, card, altered item, mini album, tag, cake, decor... whatever you want to make is a go! Head on over and check it out. A new challenge (which I will have a sample of) will be out on the 15th. See you there!

Funky Butterflies

I am posting this WAY late... it was for a challenge over at Dotty Divas. I used the advert to create this fun, bold layout:

I used a photo collage that I had made at Wallgreens (I had a free coupon but they are regularly only $3). Then all that I had to do was find butterfly clip art and print it off in graduating sizes. I colored them in using my sharpies. A quick Glitz sticker, some buttons and fake sewing lines (again, gotta love a fine-tipped sharpie) and I was done! Easy Peasy. Here's a close-up of the butterflies:

By only gluing the "bodies" down it makes them look like they are fluttering across the page. This is definitely one of my most favorite LOs... and it took less than half an hour! I love when that happens!!